Current timeline for this ever growing project of mine (and now, many others):
– Final prose versions and final comic pages July-August.
– Completed book ready by October.

I will be getting four illustrators to provide drawings to sprinkle throughout the prose stories in a week or two. I’ve got a cover design in mind and will have some super horrible pencils from me in with some info on that at some point (Final cover artist not yet determined).

End of May or beginning of June will see me, a super talented tech guy, and a super talented voice actress recording a narration of one of the prose stories. If I can bumble my way through and turn it into something compelling to listen to then I will try to get around 3 finished audios before the book is done with the aim of eventually having 6 total to go along with the print anthology book. I’ve already had a couple others offer their assistance with this part, so I can have a few different voices for this if it comes to it.

Current Roster of talented artists (and me) include:

Steve Toase – Author of the first prose story to be narrated later. He gives us a story about the destined meeting of admirer and creator (sorta) under less-than-usual circumstances.

William Couper – With a tale about a journalist who is a little too good at his job.

Steve Radabaugh (w) and Calliope Den Ouden (a) – A comic about the horrible luck of being surrounded geographically by absolutely no one you can relate to and the stress of being without those long distant connections we make.

Paul Grimsley – Yeah, I don’t know how to describe this one. It is literally just an insane sci-fi-ish prose story.

K. Patrick Glover – A prose story about fleeing your past, what brings us back home, and how that same home can create different types of people.

S. Bloom (w) and TBD – I’m currently doing the actual page breakdown for this comic script about how each person handles their fears differently and what people perceive they need in their life in order to be strong enough to control them. Final artist not yet decided.

Cameron Callahan (w) and TBD – My comic will be spread throughout the book, in pieces between each story. It features a group of news anchors, a dog, and a watch sales man.

I have not named anyone that has not yet started their work. For example, I’ve got four people to provide illustrations for the prose stories already and I will include them as that starts and moves forward and likewise those TBDs largely mean things aren’t just set deep enough in stone to make me comfortable to mention anyone yet.

Steve Ormosi (w) and Edwin Den Ouden (a) are moving ahead towards starting on their final artwork for their comic, Afterimage. In honor of this I present to you a few pages of the rough layouts with no context…

Tonight I sent some stuff to who will hopefully be the voice actress reading at least one of the prose stories. I realized it was the first time I had shared any of the stories with someone not directly involved with the book portion of this project. Here is the openinig bit of the story that will be narrated and recorded, hopefully, in just a couple months.

Back in 2012, not too long after I relocated to Burbank, Ca (For the second time), I had this made. I had a couple of them made, actually, just as a test for a few different print-on-demand sites for t-shirts.

Casual list of those involved at this moment in time, with links for more information if available.

All information on them was unearthed by me from their grossly unused personal sites because I requested to be given some simple information on themselves and their stories in their own words but, well, you know how ~reliable~ these artists types are.

These are the ones that have pledged their creative loyalty to me and also provided substantial evidence of said loyalty. There are a few others that still have not provided me with proof of their loyalty.

The current plan is to get first drafts from everyone by the end of the month (These people have provided such or are working with one that has provided such). So in March I’ll see who else has been able to finish their draft and start tapping my local creative buddies to fill in where needed.

As of February 2nd 2017:

Calliope Den Ouden –
“My name is Calliope den Ouden. I visualize stories and concepts. I also draw portraits & graphic novels and pen Cartoons & flash-fiction. You may also know me as an information specialist, in addition to making art I volunteer my services at the library teaching kids (ages 8-88) how to use 3D-printers, laser-cutters and how to code their own website. ”http://www.inktspatten.nl/http://twitter.com/yskaya

Steve Radabaugh –
“Steve Radabaugh, first of his name, is a freelance app developer, technology consultant, and game designer. He founded SPQR Soft LLC in 2012 to explore the convergence of technology with tabletop gaming. In addition to developing apps and websites for the private and public sector, his app store releases include KudoGram, Fate Core Folio and Dungeon Marauders. ”http://tinyletter.com/stevenpaulrhttps://twitter.com/stevenpaulr

Edwin Den Ouden –
” I’m Edwin. I illustrate and paint portraits. In a former life I was an art-director. Currently I’m married to Calliope den Ouden and try to manage the amount of cats around my person to create a semblance of balance, while I read books and listen to the Rolling Stones with alarming regularity. ”http://www.edwindenouden.nl/https://twitter.com/edwindenouden

Steve Toase –
“Steve Toase is an author, archaeologist and journalist living in North Yorkshire and occasionally Munich, Germany. As an author he writes mythic fiction, weaving elements from folklore and legend into a contemporary setting.”http://www.stevetoase.co.uk/https://twitter.com/stevetoase

BUILT FROM HUMAN PARTS strives to be a storytelling anthology that explores the modern world – both its nightmares and its heroes – by way of examining what advancements in technology and culture have allowed us to uncover about ourselves and the world we live in while also wondering about the mysteries that have somehow managed to remain unsolved despite our advancements. These are true stories waiting to occur.

Each issue will collect a handful-ish of comic and prose stories from a pretty diverse group of creators from, literally, around the world. They were not given any genre or tone or content restrictions aside from they had to tell stories that felt as if they had some grounding in our modern or near-modern reality.

Built From Human Parts will be a magazine sized black and white anthology.

Who puts together the anthology?

Currently, the anthology is put together solely by Cameron Callahan with the help of rotating contributors each issue.

Whois contributing to the first issue?

We are still at too early of a stage for a definite contributor list. It’s quite exciting, however, and in a month or so I should have a more finalized group of creative misfits to brag to you about.

The current story grouping looks to be 3 – 4 comics and 2 – 3 prose stories, though, from people all over America and even a few that are super, super far away from America.

How often will you put out this anthology?

Built From Human Parts will aim for a yearly release schedule. The performance of the initial issue can move this goal forward or back. My dream would be 2 – 3 issues a year and while I certainly know enough talented people willing to put themself through the horrors of working with me, you know the drill, they gotta eat and I gotta help em eat. I will put em out as fast as I can afford em.

Is that all?

Oh, of course not! I’ve also got the help of a very talented friend skilled in a number of technical fields that is willing and eager to assist me in the second component of what will eventually be BUILT FROM HUMAN PARTS: Dramatic readings of some of the prose stories.

There is almost nothing concrete to share about this aspect of the project other than it is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time and am in a position to tackle it on a small scale. We’ll put one or two short, simple things together and see how it goes and how we can improve.

Okay then… is that all?

Ummm, I think so, yeah! You can expect this project out sometime in the second half of 2017. I am very eager to start sharing with you who exactly I’ve got on board and letting you all in on the very dirty, disgusting creative process – triumphs and pitfalls alike – as we go through with bringing this book to life.